Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 970-$1,141 4,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 152 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 453 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 2739) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 373.06 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Lighting 4.73 Reflection 5 Parallax 1.25 4% 3.66 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.29 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
RAIDVOL 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 52 65 68 66 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 174 Write 176 Mixed 78 SusWrite 60.6 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 168% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 146%
Elite Pro FWU3 eSATA 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID a3a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 13 10 9.5 9.7 9.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.33% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 5.7 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 11.6 10% 7.12 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 3% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 20GB 10,519 User benchmarks, average bench 39% null MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	32.5% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.8 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 54%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7 970Intel $1,141Bench 73%, 4,313 samples	5x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	1x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $30Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	1x
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GBBench 91%, 9,480 samples	1x

Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $1,179

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16